Provenance
-1984
Samuel Wagstaff, Jr., American, 1921 - 1987, sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1984.
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[Théodore] Rousseau
Nadar [Gaspard Félix Tournachon] (French, 1820 - 1910)
French
Paris, France (Place Created)
1855–1859
Salted paper print
84.XM.436.186
25.9 × 20.3 cm (10 3/16 × 8 in.)
Pierre-Étienne-Théodore Rousseau was one of the leading artists of the
Rousseau stands looking at the camera with a directness not evident in most of Nadar's portraits. The photographer conveys Rousseau's strong, intense character; only the unbuttoned second button on his overcoat suggests any lack of discipline on the part of this sitter.
Samuel Wagstaff, Jr., American, 1921 - 1987, sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1984.
Baldwin, Gordon, and Judith Keller. Nadar Warhol: Paris New York: Photography and Fame. Introduction by Richard Brilliant. (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1999), p. 91.
Hellman, Karen, ed. Real/Ideal: Photography in Mid-Nineteenth-Century France, exh. cat. (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2016), pl. 83.